#ACA43A#ACA43A

#ACA43A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.126 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA43A
RGB	rgb(172, 164, 58)
HSL	hsl(56, 50%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(56, 66%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 66.3%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.23, -10.09, 53.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.23, 54.82, 100.60°)
OKLab	oklab(70.55% -0.0326 0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(70.55% 0.126 105)
XYZ	xyz(31.0536, 35.6282, 9.2433)
Luminance	0.3563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA43A #3A42AC

analogous

#AC6B3A #ACA43A #7BAC3A

triadic

#ACA43A #3AACA4 #A43AAC

tetradic

#ACA43A #3AAC6B #3A42AC #AC3A7B

square

#ACA43A #3AAC6B #3A42AC #AC3A7B

split-complementary

#ACA43A #3A7BAC #6B3AAC

monochromatic

#504D1B #7E782B #ACA43A #C8C05B #D7D289

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#ACA43A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#ACA43A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA43A

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA43A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA43A	1.00	2.58	8.13	8.13
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29E2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A340

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8998E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca43a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 164, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.126 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8be76',
    500: '#aca43a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca43a;
$custom-light: #c8be76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca43a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.789,
    "s": 49.565,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70545,
    "c": 0.12581,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.35627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA43A

secondary

#8085C2

accent

#58D94F

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA43A

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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